How does Snape get away with it?

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No: HPFGUIDX 83286

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "evil_sushi2003" 
<evil_sushi2003 at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "augustinapeach" 
> <augustinapeach at y...> wrote:
> > Ever since finding out that Snape is spying on Voldemort for 
> > Dumbledore, I've wondered how he can get away with it.  In PS/SS, 
> > Voldemort was on the back of Quirrell's <snip> it's likely 
> > Crouch Jr., posing as Moody, overheard sensitive information that 
> he passed on to Voldemort via the eagle owl.  So it seems to me 
that Voldemort would know where *Snape's* loyalties lie.  <snip>  Is 
he being set up for a scene in which V reveals that he knows Snape is 
a double agent before killing Snape?
> 
> 
> <snip> in OotP, Sirius 
> tells Harry that Snape is a very skilled Occlumens, and apparently 
> these Occlumens can hide their thoughts from others, and thats what 
I presumed Snape was doing.<snip>> But your point brings up a 
question, why is Voldy keeping Snape on, 
> when we are led to believe in GoF that he is aware of losing Snape?
> <snip>
> *~evil_sushi


I wonder about all this too.  I wonder about A LOT of things in the 
HP books, LOL!  However...  In GoF, we assume Voldemeort is speaking 
of Snape as "one who has left me for good and will be killed of 
course" and Barty Crouch Jr. as the one who has "returned to my 
service" and (paraphrasing)"made that evenings events" possible.  
What if Snape was the one who had "returned to his (Voldemort's) 
service"?  Maybe there is someone else who has left Voldemort for 
good (maybe Filch, even if he is a squib?).  I still think Snape 
would be a double agent pretending to have returned to the DEs, not 
actually have rejoined them.  Well, that is one theory.  I do not see 
how Snape can be so close to Lucius Malfoy unless he (Snape) is a 
double, well "triple" agent though.  Sirius called Snape "Lucius 
Malfoy's lapdog in OotP.  Lucius appears to be a dedicated Volemort 
supporter and active DE.  Is this friendship an act on Snape's part?  
Or, are Lucius and Snape pursuing their own agenda?  We know Malfoy 
hated Dumbledore, since he keeps trying to get rid of him.  We know 
Malfoy Sr and Jr hate Harry, and Snape appears to hate him as well.  
Now, at the end of OotP we know Malfoy Sr. was sent to Azkaban, so it 
will be interesting to see if Snape still obtains Voldemort and DE 
information...
Lynnette, who thinks Snape is a good guy, but a not-so-nice person!